newsTeen’s thumb reattached after being severed off
DOCTORS MANAGED to successfully reattach the thumb of a teenage apprentice after it had been severed off by a rotating blade.
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newsThirty employees diagnosed with HAVS
A GLASS and glazing company which installs and repairs glass windscreens and side windows to buses, coaches, motor homes and trains, has been fined for failing to adequately control the risk to its employees from using vibrating tools.
newsEmployee’s hand injured in machinery
HARBRO LIMITED has been fined after an employee’s hand became entangled in a ‘Superbruiser’ mixing machine.
newsSister companies fined for inadequate machinery guards
TWO SISTER companies based in Grantham, Lincolnshire that manufacture cardboard items, and a company that manufactures flat-bed die cutting (FBDC) machines have all been sentenced after a worker sustained serious injuries to his left hand.
newsEngineering company fined after employee scalped
AN ENGINEERING company has been fined after one of its employees suffered scalping injuries when her hair became entangled in a pillar drill.
news£50k fine after machinery entangles worker
C F BOOTH (Engineering) Ltd has been sentenced after a 37-year-old worker became entangled and pulled into a CNC lathe.
newsFine after worker suffers serious facial injury
MANUFACTURING COMPANY, Acrivarn Ltd, has been sentenced for safety breaches after an employee using a 9-inch angle grinder suffered significant facial injuries when the cutting disc came into contact with his face.
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newsEmployee suffers life-changing injury
TIMBERLINE DIY Limited has been sentenced after an employee injured three of his fingers while cleaning a band re-saw.
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